Census Form

Summary of US Census Records

Year of Census	Source   Location
	$$  Ancestry.com	Heritage Quest	$$  Genealogy.com	LDS/FamilySearch
1790 Head of Household only	Images, searchable by head of household name	Images, searchable	Images, searchable by head of household name	Films
1800 Head of Household only	Images, searchable by head of household name	Images, searchable	Images, searchable by head of household name	Films
1810 Head of Household only	Images, searchable by head of household name	Images, searchable	Images, searchable by head of household name	Films
1820 Head of Household only	Images, searchable by head of household name	Images, searchable	Images, searchable by head of household name	Films
1830 Head of Household only	Images, searchable by head of household name	Images only	Images only	Films
1840 Head of Household only	Images, searchable by head of household name	Images only	Images only	Films
1850 Every name in household	Images, searchable by every name	Images only	Images only	Images, searchable by every name
1850-1880 Mortality Schedules	Images, searchable by every name	------------	------------	Images, 1850 only, searchable by name
1860 Every name in household	Images, searchable by every name	Images only, searchable	Images only, searchable	Images (other website), searchable by every name
1870 Every name in household	Images, searchable by every name			Images, searchable by every name
1880 Every name in household	Images, searchable by every name			No images yet, but searchable by every name
1890 Fragment of census,  most was destroyed	Images, searchable by every name	Images, partial, searchable		Films
1890 "census substitute" derived from directories, etc Every name in household	Searchable	------------	------------	Films
1890 Veteran’s Schedule	Images, searchable by every name	------------	------------	Browse images only
1900 Every name in household Year of immigration Birth month;  Yrs married	Images, searchable by every name	Images, searchable	Images, searchable by head of household name	Images, searchable by every name
1910 Every name in household Year of immigration	Images, searchable by every name	Images, searchable	Images, searchable by head of household name	No images yet, but searchable by every name
1920 Every name in household Year of immigration	Images, searchable by every name	Images, searchable	Images, partial, searchable by every name	No images yet, but searchable by every name
1930 Every name in household Year of immigration	Images, searchable by every name	Images, partial, searchable by every name	Images only	No images yet, but searchable by every name
1940 Every name in household	Given the seventy-two year privacy restriction, family historians will need to wait until April 2, 2012

John Rudnick Original version by Susan LeBlanc AG®        Revision:  June 10, 2011

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